Transeisdzarian Commonwealth

Provident Royal Commonwealth of the United Transeisdzarian Nations
Rauka Transeisdzaria
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Commonwealth Starburst	Coat of Arms
Motto
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System Map
Capital	Concordia's March & SMS Mikado
Recognized languages	Phoenician, Rift Dialects
Demonym	Rifter, Saka, Transeisdzarian
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
- Saka Rauka	Ardeshir & Saki Saka-Phoenicia
- Marshal of the Sejm	Ikhshid Ibnas Du'Mont
- Grand Domestic of the Cosmoforces	Trinary Sharp Celerity
Legislature	Grand Sejm
-Upper Channel	Peers of the Geodesic Network
-Lower Channel	Choir of the Constellations
Unification and Independence from the Phoenix Empire
- The Rift Crusade	May 5322 AE - February 5323 AE
- The Uncrowned King	5322 AE
- February Constitution & Birth	28 February 5323 AE
Systems	Many
Currency	Thaler, Drachma

The Provident Royal Commonwealth of the United Transeisdzarian Nations, informally the Transeisdzarian Commonwealth (also referred to as the Rauka Transeisdzaria or the Commonwealth), is a sovereign state of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Its territorial space encompasses the majority of the known settled space of the Great Rift and beyond, bordering the Phoenix Empire along the coreward limits of the nebula and the CoDominium at the terminus of the Negev-Ruhazani lines. The Commonwealth is the fourth-largest state of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Its government is described as a federal union with a common monarch. The Official and Royal Capital is the system of Concordia's March, with the warship SMS Mikado serving as the auxiliary administrative and legislative seat. The current monarchs since 29 February 5323 - coinciding with the ratification of the February Constitution - are the twin Shahzadas Ardeshir and Saki, though their powers have been assumed by a Regency Council headed by their mother Ravshana Marika al-Lasalle until the end of their minority. The Commonwealth consists of over two hundred autocephalous constellations in the Metropolitan Rift, a large number of sovereign households, as well as a number of Crownland prefectures, direct administrative dependencies, along the Negev-Ruhazani lines.

Etymology & Terminology

The February Constitution declared the Constellations of the .

Prior to unification the collective region was commonly referred to as the "Great Rift" or "Rift". Originally this would be directly translated as Dzaria. All are now synonymous with the Transeisdzarian Commonwealth in general usage. The adjective Rifter is commonly used to describe matters related to the Commonwealth and is used even in official language to refer to Commonwealth citizenship.

History

Settlement of the cisdzarian region has been dated back to late in the first millennium. The early settlement of the . More concrete recorded history begins mid-way through the second millennium when the first polities known as Constellations emerge in the Great Rift. The Constellations maintained a loose framework of association with each other and resolved group disputes through assemblies known as Things.

Contact with the Phoenix Empire

It is likely that the people of the Phoenix Empire and the Rift Constellations were interacting regularly well before recorded first contact as both cultures had some awareness of civilization existing beyond the Great Rift. However, contemporary texts largely painted the unknown regions in speculative terms. . The spinward reaches of the Empire were some of its most undeveloped territories and its lords were largely absorbed with their own affairs, while Royal attention was drawn entirely towards the Jardin war.

Transdzaria was in large part idealized as a wild region of romantic adventure by Phoenician culture, giving birth to the artistic movement known as New Orientalism. Many military historians trace the spread of lance-centric warfare to the Rifter Marches. For their part, the Constellations of the Rift quietly dealt with the growing inflow of emigrees from the Empire proper.

[Possible Hrang led invasion of PE?].

In the late 4th Millennium, the clamor in the Phoenix Empire over "Brain Drain" out of their demesnes to regions beyond Imperial control had reached a fever pitch. While border controls were instituted with the Free Star League, the diffuse nature of the Constellations resisted a single solution and debate in the Imperial Court over how to deal with the issue began cleaving down factional lines. In 4128 Emperor Martianis I issued the Control of Movement Edict, commonly cited as the first step in the of the Great Wall.

a series of intensive fortifications along the starways leading to Transeisdzaria. attempted to control the flow of migrants and adventurers leaving the official boundaries of the Phoenix Empire.

Commonwealth

February Constitution

The responsibilities of the Commonwealth are strictly defined in the spheres of security, foreign policy, intersystem trade, and justice. The autocephalies and Saka households are largely left on their own.

Government & Politics

The Commonwealth level institutions . The executive organs of the Commonwealth was known as the Two Ministries and Four Offices. These are often abbreviated: M.i.S. (Mellattee i Shahee or National and Royal)

Raukas & Grand Sejm
M.i.S. Central Secretariat			M.i.S. Chancellery
Office of Exchequer & Revenues	War Office	Office of Public Works	Office of Interservice Intelligence	Ministry of Rites	Ministry of Interior

The three departments are top level offices.

Military

The Collective Cosmoforces, officially the Royal Commonwealth of United Transeisdzarian Nations Collective Cosmoforces, are the armed forces of the Commonwealth. The February Constitution authorized the activation of two services overseen by the M.i.S. War Office and controlled by the Kosmoglavnyshtab that make up the Collective Cosmoforces: a first line Common Army (R.a.R. Kosmoforce) and a second line internal security gendarmerie (Thematic Kosmoforce). The Saka Raukas are the commanders-in-chief, to whom individual recruits swear loyalty on enlistment.

The Commonwealth is the only major multi-system polity in the Large Magellanic Cloud with universal, compulsory national service. The February Constitution instated a Levée en masse on the principle that citizens within a Commonwealth had universal obligations to address common interests. However, due to the burdens of mass emigration and reconstruction the Grand Sejm temporarily suspended conscription for the length of a year and placed the ceiling for annual intake of recruits into armed service at .25% of the population until 5328. As such the effective proportional representation of the population under arms is actually well below that of the Phoenix Empire, CoDominium, or Free Star League and approximately equivalent with the Jardin Republic. However the rate is projected to rise to .75% over the course of the next decade as the demographic situation stabilizes, which would make the Commonwealth military establishment one of the largest in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The Collective Cosmoforces operate around 1200 rated combat craft, some 180 of which are Capital Ships, as well as a large number of unrated vessels such as cutters, sloops, and dragoons. Cavalry ships predominate, particularly of cruiser displacement, as it is doctrinally believed that they are highly suitable to the conditions in the Great Rift. A large number of ships were originally commissioned in the Phoenix Empire. Many analysis indicate that even the latest Collective Cosmforce ships remain well behind the curve of key modern military technologies.

In the first months following the ratification of the February Constitution the Commonwealth had inherited the surviving formations of the Rifter Constellations and the feudal levy of the Kingdom of the Rift. It also assumed continuity of active hostilities with the Black Brethren and the Phoenix Empire. As an interim measure until the nascent R.a.R. and Thematic Cosmoforces were operationally ready the Grand Sejm issued the 5323 Transitional Forces Law permitting the M.i.S. War Office to amalgamate all native Rifter and Starforce units into a Provisional Cosmoforce until the year 5328, when a number of defense policies such as the draft ceiling would be reviewed. From authorization in March 5323 to official deactivation in August 5326 this was effectively a third service arm of the Collective Cosmoforces.

The disastrous performance of the Provisional Cosmoforce in the Baal War exposed the manifold defects of the ad hoc compromises that characterized the defense arrangements up to then. Kosmoglavnyshtab studies highlighted deep structural faults desperately lacking unity of command, inconsistent span of control, insufficient interoperability,

Organization and Structure

Collective Cosmoforce jundees are inducted into Regimental Equivalents, also known as Home Units, in a fashion not dissimilar to the Phoenix Starforce's Regimental system. A Home Unit is responsible for administrating up to four Combat Command Equivalents (CCEQs) and providing well trained soldiers to field units. While it is considered ideal for a Regiment's Combat Commands to be deployed together, Regiments are not operational units like those of the Phoenix Starforce. It is not uncommon to find Combat Commands from the same Regiment scattered across different demibrigades, brigades, divisions, corps, and even entirely separate theaters altogether. Many jundees will spend the entirety of their military terms within one Regiment.

1ère Cosmoarmée cisdzaria

• Strength: Five Corps, 247 Ships
• AoC: Great Rift Frontier

2e Cosmoarmée

• Strength: Six Corps, 304 Ships
• AoC:

3e Cosmoarmée métropolitaine

• Strength: Four Corps, 208 Ships
• AoC: Concordia's March

4e Cosmoarmée

• Strength: Three Corps, 163

5e Cosmoarmée d'outre-mer

• Strength: Two Corps, 112 Ships
• AoC: Ruhazani-03 Starzone

6e Cosmoarmée d'orient

• Strength: Two Corps, 105 Ships

General Cosmostaff

The Transeisdzarian General Cosmostaff (Kosmoglavnyshtab) is the central organ responsible for studying all aspects of war, drafting warplans, administering mobilization, and forming the Grand Quartier Général (GQG) which takes operational control of the Collective Cosmoforces in wartime. The Grand Domestic of the Cosmoforces since 5323 is Field Marshal Trinary Sharp Celerity, a native born Rifter.

The General Cosmostaff is quartered alongside the M.i.S. War Office on Concordia's March and the NMS Randgritiz.

Regular and Royal Cosmoforce

The Regular and Rauka (translated: Royal) Cosmoforce, abbreviated as R.a.R., is the Common army of the Commonwealth. It operates the majority of the rated warships and exclusively controls all Capital ships.

• Young (First line)
• Middle (Second line)
• Old (Reserve)

Themata

Themata, from the root word thesis (translated: placement), are the principle military-judicial districts of the Transeisdzarian Commonwealth with overall responsibility for the enforcement of Commonwealth law, the maintenance of military facilities, and advising civil defense. Each Themata is divided into a number of Prefectures, headed by Cosmoforce Prefects.

In wartime the M.i.S. War Office may request the activation of Themata as zones of cosmoforce control from the Raukas and the Grand Sejm. Constellations and Magistrates may likewise request the imposition of Martial Law from the Raukas.

Thematic Cosmoforces

The Thematic Cosmoforces are the internal troops and gendarmerie of the Commonwealth. Due to their double responsibility they report to both the M.i.S. War Office and the Magistracy.

In addition to normal law enforcement duties, Thematic Cosmoforce units are often seconded to Magistrates for outstanding pursuit. Thematic and R.a.R. Cosmoforce units are grouped together for the purposes of Cosmoarmee command, usually functioning as second line cavalry units.

Pasdaran

The Pasdaran (translated: Guard) is the ceremonial guard escorting the Grand Sejm in session and the person of the Shahzadas. The Pasdaran's origins predate both the short lived Kingdom of the Rift and the Collective Cosmoforces, beginning with details of the Lasalle Brigade assigned to protect Prince Hiroshi. Despite their ceremonial appearance the Pasdaran are operationally ready Cosmoforce units and armed with live weapons.

A total of eleven CCEQs are needed between the various posts in the system of Concordia's March and on the SMS Mikado. The roster is normally rotated so as to not unduly burden certain Home Units. The Regiments selected for upcoming duty in the Pasdaran rotation detach the needed battalions or squadrons for a month long Parade & Ceremony course before relieving their counterparts.

Normally a select few R.a.R. Regiments of the Young Echelon provide the Pasdaran in a regular rotation.

• The Twin Shahzada's Own XXV Sipahis
• Shahdokht Saki's Own LXIInd Hussars
• Sehzade Ardeshir's Own LX Chevaux-légers Lanciers
• 5e []
• 4th System Control Flotilla "Backhanded Blow"
• 9e Syntaxis Combat Team "Noisome Quarrel"

However in principle any Commonwealth unit can provide contingents to the Pasdaran.

Units chosen for a term as Pasdaran receive a number of honors and privileges. Home Units are authorized a fifth battalion or squadron. Individual enlisted and officers are dignified with one of the four lower Cavalier Orders, sometimes equated to knighthood in the Phoenix Empire.

Standards & Colours

By regulation R.a.R. Cosmoforce Regiments are permitted only two colors without special dispensation. They are 97 x 117 cm, mounted on a lance almost three meters long, either hoisted vertically along the stave or draped from a horizontal crossbar. The borders and trim are dictated by their unit type. Silk or self-healing fabrics are used. Each CCEQ carries two:

• The Rauka's Colours are double sided. On the obverse is the Commonwealth Starburst. On the reverse is either the Simurgh with the symbols of Constellations arranged in Corona or a portrait of the Uncrowned King with a Halo mounted on a warhorse and the Peacock Angel over His head on a blue field.
• The Regimental Colour is normally a single color, usually from the Regiment's uniform, with the unit's insignia either at the center or any of the four corners. Unlike the Rauka's Colors, a unit's colors may be freely embellished with battle honors and antecedent symbols with the permission of the Shahzadas.

Thematic Cosmoforce units are required to fly the Commonwealth Colours, but are free to carry any other Colours - or lack thereof - without any scrutiny other than a Comissariat review. The regulations for Ensigns, Jacks, Pennons, Guidons, and other Vexilloids across the Collective Cosmoforces are much more lenient than they are for Standards. Units may fly original designs, pending a Commissariat review, so long as it contains any two of six Commonwealth elements: the Starburst, the Uncrowned King, the Blue Field, Peacock Angel, and Simurgh.

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